on being intentional...

The room was buzzing and full of yogis. More than a one hundred bodies tightly tucked, mat-to-mat. People hugging, laughing, holding hands, dancing.

As class began, we were asked to set an intention.The purpose was to focus us on how we are acting or who we were being in that moment. It is important in yoga because when our minds begin to wander (and they often do) our intention can bring us back to our mat. When you put 100 people in a room something pretty amazing happens. Individually, we had our own personal intentions, but collectively, we were all there to celebrate unity and community. The once empty room held together by four walls suddenly took on a new identity. It was our job as a community to intentionally breathe life and intention into the room, and into each other.

I laid on my mat between two stong, beautiful people. During savasana we held hands. At the beginning of class we were all just sweaty strangers. But now they were me, and I was them. We were all one. Setting our intention to practice as a community brought us together. Now it is our privilege to take this practice off our mat and into the world.

Setting intentions for everything we do is vital. If you live your life without purpose, you're just a boring bag of bones. When we are clear on what we want or where we want to be we can act accordingly. We can cut out the bullshit getting in the way of us living our dreams.

Check in with yourself. How are you feeling? How do you want to feel? What is good in your life? What isn't? Choose an area of you want to focus on and consciously think about it every single day until you achieve what you set out for. 

I would love to hear from you. What intentions are you setting for yourself today?